Word: skirring
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Dates: during 1936-1936
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...will be no more than the final piece of irony in League history if the thwarting of the French wish for security succeeds in averting European war. At the moment no other outcome of the skir-mish at London seems likely. Less than two weeks ago Flandin journeyed across the Channel demanding nothing less than war on Germany to remove the troops from the Rhineland. Since that stormy day, crushed by elephantine proctocol and the reluctance of Britain to see beyond her nose, France has recognized the hopelessness of her position. The Neutral Zone plan was foisted upon French statesmen...
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